PUBLIC GUARDIAN ACT 2014 - SECT 26 Power of court if noncompliance with attendance notice

PUBLIC GUARDIAN ACT 2014 - SECT 26

26 Power of court if noncompliance with attendance notice

(1) This section applies if, without reasonable excuse, a person fails to comply with a notice given under section 25 .

(2) A Magistrates Court, at the request of the public guardian, may issue a subpoena requiring the attendance of the person before the court.

(3) The Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999 , other than rules 417 , 418 and 420 , apply in relation to the subpoena.

Note—

See the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999 , chapter 11 , part 4 .

(4) The court may require the person to take an oath.

(5) The public guardian may examine the person attending before the court under a subpoena issued under subsection (2) .

(6) In this section—


"subpoena" means—

(a) a subpoena for production; or

(b) a subpoena to give evidence; or

(c) a subpoena for production and to give evidence.